Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Spring 2018
Background: Overviews of reviews of healthcare interventions (overviews) compile information from multiple systematic reviews (SRs) to provide a single synthesis of relevant evidence for health-care decision-making. Their increasing popularity, combined with a lack of evidence-based guidance for...
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Advancing Our Understanding of Speech Motor Control Through an Investigation of Intermuscular Coherence in Typical Speakers
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There is a need to characterize intermuscular coherence (IMC) in selected muscles of the speech mechanism in order to establish its utility as a tool to study speech motor control. IMC is a correlation in the frequency domain that provides information about whether two signals (i.e.,...
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Spring 2019
Accounting for seven percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the construction industry is the fifth largest contributor to the Canadian economy (Statistics Canada 2019). Structural steel is one of the primary materials used in the construction industry for providing structural stability in...
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Spring 2023
Wheelchair-mounted robotic manipulators have the potential to help the elderly and individuals living with disabilities carry out their activities of daily living independently. While robotics researchers focus on assistive tasks from the perspective of various control schemes and motion types, ...
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Fall 2009
The feasibility of the Alb-uPA/SCID/Bg chimeric mouse as a model for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection was assessed experimentally by (1) the infection and treatment with another hepatotropic virus, Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and (2) the infection of the model with HCV and the subsequent treatment...
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Fall 2023
The redevelopment of understories is an often-overlooked aspect of forest restoration following anthropogenic disturbances. In my research I explored the feasibility of actively restoring forest understories through seedling planting. First, I examined the quality of nursery-grown boreal shrub...
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Advantage of Integration in Big Data: Feature Generation in Multi-Relational Databases for Imbalanced Learning
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Most data mining and machine learning techniques rely on a single flat table and assume balanced training data. However, most real-world applications comprise databases having multiple tables and imbalanced data. It becomes further complicated in the realm of Big Data where related information is...
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Fall 2022
Since 2013, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have caught up to a human-level performance at various benchmarks. Meanwhile, it is essential to ensure its safety and reliability. Recently an avenue of study questions the robustness of deep learning models and shows that adversarial samples with...